particle accelerator

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Instead, we turned to synchrotron light, a powerful form of high-intensity x-rays produced at specialized particle accelerator facilities.

From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2026

Mark Thomson, the new head of Europe's physics laboratory CERN, voiced confidence Tuesday about raising the billions of dollars needed to build by far the world's biggest particle accelerator.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

XLight plans to build massive “free electron lasers” powered by a particle accelerator to create a more powerful and precise light source for use in chip fabrication plants, or fabs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025

Department of Energy’s Superconducting Super Collider, an underground particle accelerator, citing concerns about rising costs and fiscal mismanagement.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2024

A particle accelerator at Fermilab in Illinois, meanwhile, cost $260 million merely to refit.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson